Compare Stocks: VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EQR Equity Residential	$63.68 +0.0%	$65.82	$57.57 ▼ $71.50	$23.88B	0.73	3.46 million shs	17.44 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$271.31 -1.7%	$286.03	$238.46 ▼ $303.35	$17.74B	0.69	471,482 shs	553,679 shs
SPG Simon Property Group	$203.01 -0.5%	$219.54	$172.19 ▼ $238.50	$66.04B	1.28	1.12 million shs	1.31 million shs
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	$93.48 -0.7%	$97.79	$86.84 ▼ $101.80	$36.47B	0.96	3.57 million shs	3.78 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EQR Equity Residential	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-0.50%	-1.59%
ESS Essex Property Trust	-1.67%	-1.28%	-4.27%	-1.02%	+2.13%
SPG Simon Property Group	-0.44%	-0.71%	-8.21%	-3.99%	+11.85%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-0.66%	-1.54%	-4.59%	-2.18%	+1.42%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EQR Equity Residential	$63.68 +0.0%	$65.82	$57.57 ▼ $71.50	$23.88B	0.73	3.46 million shs	17.44 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$271.31 -1.7%	$286.03	$238.46 ▼ $303.35	$17.74B	0.69	471,482 shs	553,679 shs
SPG Simon Property Group	$203.01 -0.5%	$219.54	$172.19 ▼ $238.50	$66.04B	1.28	1.12 million shs	1.31 million shs
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	$93.48 -0.7%	$97.79	$86.84 ▼ $101.80	$36.47B	0.96	3.57 million shs	3.78 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EQR Equity Residential	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-0.50%	-1.59%
ESS Essex Property Trust	-1.67%	-1.28%	-4.27%	-1.02%	+2.13%
SPG Simon Property Group	-0.44%	-0.71%	-8.21%	-3.99%	+11.85%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	-0.66%	-1.54%	-4.59%	-2.18%	+1.42%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EQR Equity Residential	2.43	Hold	$71.40	12.12% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.48	Hold	$303.94	12.03% Upside
SPG Simon Property Group	2.41	Hold	$228.43	12.52% Upside
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	2.67	Moderate Buy	$93.48	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/15/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$278.00 ➝ $286.00
9/14/2026	SPG Simon Property Group	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$219.00
9/10/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
9/8/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$308.00 ➝ $295.00
9/8/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$308.00 ➝ $295.00
8/27/2026	SPG Simon Property Group	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$211.00 ➝ $226.00
8/20/2026	SPG Simon Property Group	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$220.00 ➝ $222.00
8/18/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/18/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$325.00
8/17/2026	SPG Simon Property Group	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$205.00 ➝ $230.00
8/17/2026	SPG Simon Property Group	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$213.00 ➝ $215.00

(Data available from 9/17/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EQR Equity Residential	$3.13B	7.63	$5.48 per share	11.63	$29.48 per share	2.16
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.89B	9.24	$19.60 per share	13.84	$88.64 per share	3.06
SPG Simon Property Group	$6.36B	10.32	$17.92 per share	11.33	$18.75 per share	10.83
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EQR Equity Residential	$1.12B	$2.30	27.69	15.05	5.53	27.97%	8.06%	4.29%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$669.67M	$6.43	42.19	16.26	10.09	21.48%	7.33%	3.16%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
SPG Simon Property Group	$4.63B	$14.18	14.32	14.83	3.08	66.56%	89.32%	12.03%	11/2/2026 (Estimated)
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	35.58	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/10/2026	Q2 2026	SPG Simon Property Group	$1.64	$1.49	-$0.15	$3.29	$1.61 billion	$1.79 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.46	$4.08	+$2.62	$0.97	$485.12 million	$489.05 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	EQR Equity Residential	$1.01	$1.02	+$0.01	$0.30	$787.28 million	$785.05 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EQR Equity Residential	$2.81	4.41%	+2.68%	122.17%	4 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$10.36	3.82%	+4.10%	161.12%	31 Years
SPG Simon Property Group	$9.00	4.43%	+7.34%	63.47%	4 Years
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	$3.47	3.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/3/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	quarterly	$2.59	3.72%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/15/2026
8/10/2026	SPG Simon Property Group	quarterly	$2.25	4.4%	9/9/2026	9/9/2026	9/30/2026
6/18/2026	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.7025	4.11%	6/29/2026	6/29/2026	7/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EQR Equity Residential	0.77	0.19	0.19
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.22	0.60	0.60
SPG Simon Property Group	5.19	1.05	1.05
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
SPG Simon Property Group	93.01%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	60.03%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EQR Equity Residential	1.20%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.47%
SPG Simon Property Group	8.73%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,400	374.94 million	370.45 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,689	64.27 million	62.04 million	Optionable
SPG Simon Property Group	3,600	323.56 million	295.31 million	Optionable
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	390.10 million	N/A	Not Optionable

VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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August 28, 2026 | 247wallst.com

SCHD and VNQ Both Pay Quarterly, Yet Only One Soars When Rates Stay High

August 25, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Which U.S. Real Estate ETF Is the Better Buy: Vanguard's VNQ or State Street's RWR?

August 15, 2026 | fool.com

'Economic Isolation' for Iran? ETFs to Gain/Lose

August 14, 2026 | zacks.com

Vanguard's VNQ vs. VNQI: Which Real Estate ETF Is the Better Buy?

August 9, 2026 | fool.com

VNQ Returned 62.61% in 10 Years. SPY Returned 253.49%. Here’s the Hidden Cost Nobody Talks About

August 6, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

VNQ Returned 62.61% in 10 Years. SPY Returned 253.49%.

August 5, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Moving Averages of the Ivy Portfolio and S&P 500: July 2026

August 3, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Rate Cuts Are Finally Here and These 3 Real Estate ETFs Pay Up to 10 Percent

August 1, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Inflation Isn't Gone Yet: Give Real Asset ETFs a Chance

July 29, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Why I Don't Buy REIT ETFs

July 25, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

3 Undervalued Vanguard ETFs to Buy Before the End of July

July 23, 2026 | 247wallst.com

VNQ vs. REET: Which Real Estate ETF Is the Better Buy for Income Investors?

July 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Battle of Real Estate ETFs: Vanguard Real Estate ETF Offers Lower Fees, While FlexShares Global Quality REIT Fund Delivers International Exposure

July 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Which Real Estate ETF Is the Better Buy: Vanguard's VNQ or State Street's RWO?

July 18, 2026 | fool.com

VNQ vs GQRE: Domestic Strength Meets Global Diversification

July 16, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

The 10-Year Treasury Yield That Will Make or Break VNQ in 2026

July 15, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Real Estate Is Up 13%. The Data-Center REITs Powering AI Are Up 36%.

July 12, 2026 | 247wallst.com

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VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Company Descriptions

Equity Residential NYSE:EQR

$63.68 +0.02 (+0.03%)

As of 08/17/2026

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.

Essex Property Trust NYSE:ESS

$271.31 -4.74 (-1.72%)

Closing price 09/16/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$271.25 -0.06 (-0.02%)

As of 09/16/2026 07:33 PM Eastern

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 252 apartment communities comprising approximately 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development.

Simon Property Group NYSE:SPG

$203.01 -1.09 (-0.53%)

Closing price 09/16/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$203.28 +0.27 (+0.13%)

As of 09/16/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG) is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). Simon Property Group, L.P., or the Operating Partnership, is our majority-owned partnership subsidiary that owns all of our real estate properties and other assets. In this package, the terms Simon, we, our, or the Company refer to Simon Property Group, Inc., the Operating Partnership, and its subsidiaries. We own, develop and manage premier shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use destinations, which consist primarily of malls, Premium Outlets, The Mills, and International Properties. At June 30, 2024, we owned or had an interest in 230 properties comprising 183 million square feet in North America, Asia and Europe. We also owned an 84% interest in The Taubman Realty Group, or TRG, which owns 22 regional, super-regional, and outlet malls in the U.S. and Asia. Additionally, at June 30, 2024, we had a 22.4% ownership interest in Klépierre, a publicly traded, Paris-based real estate company, which owns shopping centers in 14 European countries.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF NYSEARCA:VNQ

$93.48 -0.62 (-0.66%)

Closing price 09/16/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$93.54 +0.05 (+0.06%)

As of 09/16/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

Vanguard REIT ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund invests in stocks issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs), companies that purchase office buildings, hotels, and other real property. It tracks the return of the MSCI US RIT Index, a gauge of real estate stocks. The Vanguard Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services to the Fund.

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